Arsenal kicked off their pre-season campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory over Girona, as new signing Christos Tzolis marked his debut with a goal and teenage sensation Max Dowman stole the spotlight with another eye-catching display.The Gunners needed just 16 minutes to break the deadlock in Spain, with Dowman producing a perfectly weighted through ball for Kai Havertz, who calmly rounded off the move by beating Paulo Gazzaniga one-on-one.Girona – Arsenal (1-4)We're back 🔥Dowman ⚽️🅰️Havertz ⚽️Tzolis ⚽️Jesus ⚽️MLS 🅰️White 🅰️Calafiori 🅰️pic.twitter.com/ztSBD9RuFc— 🇳🇴 kimmoFC (@kimmoFC) August 1, 2026 Tzolis doubled Arsenal's advantage on the half-hour mark. The £34 million arrival from Club Brugge skipped past Arnau Martinez before firing a low shot into the bottom corner, helped by a slight deflection, to score on his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt.Girona briefly threatened a comeback when Martinez headed home from a corner four minutes into the second half, but Arsenal responded immediately.Dowman restored the two-goal cushion just three minutes later before Gabriel Jesus completed the scoring to wrap up an emphatic opening victory for Mikel Arteta's side.The Arsenal manager fielded a strong line-up, with World Cup returnees Viktor Gyokeres, Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapie all getting valuable minutes as preparations for the new campaign gathered pace.##NAJAVA_MECA_9874702##After the final whistle, however, Arteta made it clear that Arsenal's work in this pre-season is far from over.The Spaniard revealed the Premier League champions remain active in the transfer market as they look to strengthen a squad that ended the club's 22-year wait for the league title."We expect to have movements in the next few weeks, obviously," Arteta said."We want to get better like anybody else. We won't sit still and we are very ambitious with what we are doing."##EDITORS_CHOICE##The Arsenal boss stressed that standing still is not an option despite last season's success."The margins are very small because we want to get better and the level is going to increase. We need to increase the competition internally and identify the things that we don't have in the team."The Gunners have already signed goalkeeper Illan Meslier, winger Christos Tzolis and permanently secured Piero Hincapie, while reports continue to link the club with Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior.Mbeumo hits top form – scores two to defeat Atletico MadridThe Gunners continue their pre-season preparations against Real Betis in Dublin before facing Manchester City in the Community Shield and opening the defence of their Premier League crown at home to newly promoted Coventry City.